Also, for those of you wondering; yes, the Paddlegun was still alive after all this. The last time I checked on it, it was in the middle of a war between two OW galleons and a SD hovercraft, and yet it and the drake were the only two things left alive after I died.
It must be hacking.

And so, like so often, the daventure came to an aprupt end.
Was fun reading though, looking forward for the next if their is one.

In my first (ship) adventures I had to build pontons to stabilize my craft, which had proven themselves as a good buffer against torpedeos too as a spaced armor...sort of.
Other than that... LAMS are somewhat cheap to build and really useful for survivability (if you have a efficient engine, otherwise the fuel cost will eat you alive)
Sadly, they won't work against torpedeos like many other countermeasures.

What I have done for my adventures is one is my thrustercraft, the other is a sub, another is a battleship, I have plans for a carrier and a hovercraft adventure but have yet to do so. I then take the designs and use them in my campaigns.